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-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.kasan2
-rw-r--r--mm/Kconfig21
-rw-r--r--mm/Kconfig.debug2
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kasan b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
index ca09b1cf8ee9..836f70393e22 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kasan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ menuconfig KASAN
(HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_SW_TAGS && CC_HAS_KASAN_SW_TAGS)) && \
CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE_ADDRESS) || \
HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_HW_TAGS
- depends on (SLUB && SYSFS) || (SLAB && !DEBUG_SLAB)
+ depends on (SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY) || (SLAB && !DEBUG_SLAB)
select STACKDEPOT_ALWAYS_INIT
help
Enables KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) - a dynamic memory safety
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 57e1d8c5b505..6701d72d3037 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -230,6 +230,19 @@ config SLOB
endchoice
+config SLUB_TINY
+ bool "Configure SLUB for minimal memory footprint"
+ depends on SLUB && EXPERT
+ select SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
+ help
+ Configures the SLUB allocator in a way to achieve minimal memory
+ footprint, sacrificing scalability, debugging and other features.
+ This is intended only for the smallest system that had used the
+ SLOB allocator and is not recommended for systems with more than
+ 16MB RAM.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
bool "Allow slab caches to be merged"
default y
@@ -247,7 +260,7 @@ config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
bool "Randomize slab freelist"
- depends on SLAB || SLUB
+ depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY)
help
Randomizes the freelist order used on creating new pages. This
security feature reduces the predictability of the kernel slab
@@ -255,7 +268,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
bool "Harden slab freelist metadata"
- depends on SLAB || SLUB
+ depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY)
help
Many kernel heap attacks try to target slab cache metadata and
other infrastructure. This options makes minor performance
@@ -267,7 +280,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
config SLUB_STATS
default n
bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
- depends on SLUB && SYSFS
+ depends on SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
help
SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
@@ -279,7 +292,7 @@ config SLUB_STATS
config SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
default y
- depends on SLUB && SMP
+ depends on SLUB && SMP && !SLUB_TINY
bool "SLUB per cpu partial cache"
help
Per cpu partial caches accelerate objects allocation and freeing
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index ce8dded36de9..fca699ad1fb0 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config DEBUG_SLAB
config SLUB_DEBUG
default y
bool "Enable SLUB debugging support" if EXPERT
- depends on SLUB && SYSFS
+ depends on SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
select STACKDEPOT if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
help
SLUB has extensive debug support features. Disabling these can